The daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the friend of South Korea's president who could bring down the government on corruption charges, is arrested in Denmark.
ADVERTISEMENTDanish police have moved to arrest the daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the friend of the South Korean president at the centre of a political scandal rocking the government.
Chung Yoo-ra was visiting Denmark from her base in Germany. She won a team gold at the 2014 Asian games riding for her country, but she faces criminal charges for allegedly benefiting from her mother’s political influence.
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“We are going through an urgent request for imprisonment and extradition of Chung
Yoo-ra through the Ministry of Justice. We are trying to contact her through the Ambassador to Denmark and Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” said a spokesman for South Korea’s Special prosecutor’s office.
Choi Soon-sil is accused of using her clout to help her daughter get into an exclusive school, and ace exams despite a mediocre work and attendance record, along with lavish spending of generous sponsorship money suspected to be a laundering operation, along with other examples of corrupt practice.
President Park Geun-hye has been impeached for her role in the influence-peddling scandal, and could be the first democratically-elected South Korean leader to be forced out of office in disgrace.